Automobile-brake attachment.



J. H. REIFSNYDBR.

AUTOMOBILE BRAKE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1907.

9359927'.` Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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:Application med Specification pf letters Patent. I

l1, E507. Serial No. 40%5926.

To all whom it may concern:

DER, a citizen of the Uni-ted States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and of Ohio, have invented CertainV new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Brake Attachments; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same., reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a art of this specification, and to the figures o reference marked theneon, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section showlng the brake actuating mechanism. Fig. 2 is a View showing the engine cylinder and piston and the brake piston in proper .relative position and the Valve actuating mechanism properly connected.

The present invention has relation to imlprovements in mechanism for actuating rakes as applied to automobiles and it consists in the peculiar arrangement. hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar numerals of reference 4indicate corresponding parts in all the tigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents an automobile body, which may be of any desired construction in as much as the automobile body'has no special reference to the present invention. The body is mounted upon the traveling wheels 2 in the'usual manner. Upon the rear axle or its equivaf lent is mounted the brake drum 3,-around which brake drum islocated the brake band 4, which bralre band is expanded and compressed by the brake rod 5. This construe-1 tion just above described is common and needs no specific description here as my improvement consists in the manner of operatlng the brake rod 5. A

The engkiie cylinder 6 or cylindersas the case may is provided with the usual pis# ton 7, to which is connected the pitman 8,

- said pitman being connected in the usual manner. The top or upper end or ends of the cylinder 6 are provided with the usual spark plugs and intake and exhaust valves. To the compression chamber or chambers of the cylinder or cylinders 6 isattached thev valve casing 9, which is valve seat 10, upon whic located the valve 11, to which valve is attwhed the valve stem 12, said valve stem ex.

1provided with the lated by the spring 30. The 1 va ve 29 is for thepurpose of hol ing the vunburned gas *in the/combustion chamber y, until the explosion takes place in the combustion chamber itbeing understood that no action of the valve 29 takes place until the. 'valve 11 iso en. y gas takes p aceproviding ythe valve 11 is seat is normallyto actuate the rod 5 and set the brake.

after described by the lever 13'. To the lever 13 ispivotally attached the link 14, the opposlte end of said link is pivotally attached to the arm 15, which arm is connected to the hub or head 16, from which head extends the arm 17, to which arm is attached the valve operati rod 18, the top or upper end of' said mii? being pivotally attached to the valve operating lever 1:9, said lever being pivotaly attached tothe steering post 20, through which steering post the usual steer.- ing rod extends. Below the arms 17 and 15 is located the arm 21 to which arm is connected the link 22, which link is connected to the release o ating lever 23. The release valve 24 1s .of the usual construction andis opened and closed by the movement of the lever 23.

The brake cylinder 24 is .connected to the automobile frame in any common and well known manner, and is provided with the pistcn 25, which piston is adapted to move back and forth as hereinafter described. To the piston 25 is attached the bar l26, which bar in this instance is attached to the pivoted arm A27, said arm being pivotally attached at itstop or upmxv` end to the automobile frame and to the bottom or lower end of said arm is pivotally attached the brake band` operating rod 5. From the valve casing 9 leads the pipe 28, which pi leads from the valvey casl 9 to the bra e cylinder 24, said ipe mai formed in sections and connecte toget er as vshown in Fig. 2 or it may bel differently formed as the only object is to provide a passage for the exploded gas from the compression chamber to the brake cylinder 24. Between the valve casing 9 and the brake cylinder. 24 and in the pipe 28 connecting 'said parte together, is located the pressure valve 29, which pressure valve is ressure i t 1- an explosion of the open the `valve 29 will be automatically opened, allowing the eect of. the explosion A in the cylinder 6 to act upon the pisto132 u when the velvet-1 is closed' no gas is pertending upward and is actuated Vasherein- Be it known that I, JOSEPH RnmsNY- mitted to pass "said valve and consequently the action of the engine piston 7 is the same as usual.

The operation of my improved device is as follows: When it is desired to apply the brake the brake lever 19 is moved downward,

' which downward movement opens the valve 11, by the intermediate connections with said valve, and when the valve l1 is opened the exploded gas will pass the valve 29 and nd its way into the brake cylinder and actuate the brake piston 25, which brake piston actuates the brake mechanism intermediate the brake piston and the brake band. When it is desired to release the brake the lever 19 is moved upward which moves by means of the parts connected to said lever, which closes the valve 11 and cuts ofi' the supply of gas to the brake cylinder.` For the purpose of preventing an overdue pressure upon the piston 25 the brake cylinder 24' is provided with the relief or safety valve 31, the pres` sure of said valve being regulated or adjusted by means of the spring 32, said parts being or the usual construction as applied to safety valves and need no specific description here, except that the brake cylinder should be provided with a safety valve such as shown or of some other common kind. In Fig. 1 I have shown a series of valve stems 11 connected together, which valve stems`are all operated 'simultaneouslyby the action of the single lever 13, but this is simply duplication and I do not desire to be con ned to the coupling up of a series of engine cylinders. It will be understood that when the valve 11 is open the valve 24 should be closed so that there can be no escape of the gas from the brake cylinder 24 thereby'applyin the force tothe piston 25, but when the va ve 11 is closed the valve 24a should be open so as to allow the exploded gas to pass from the brake cylinder and leave the piston freeto be moved back into its normal position by means of the spring 33, which sprin 1s connected as shown or it may be di erently connected as its only object is to automatically move the piston 25 backward thereby releasing the brake band and bringing the piston into such a position to set the brake band when force is applied to the piston 25. For the purpose of holding the valve 11 at all times upon its seat 10 except when the valve is to be open the spring 34C is rovided and is so located that its action will be to hold the valve upon its seat except when the valve rod is actuated by the lever 19. In case it is desired to couple the valve stems 10 together the lever 13 1s extended upward from its pivotal point or provided with the arm 34, to which arm is attached the connecting bar 35, which connecting bar is connected to the various arms 36.

Having fully described my invention what ism actuated by the brake piston andy brake l cylinder, substantially as and for the purypose specified.

2. lIn a brake for automobiles, a motor cylinder, a valve connected to said motor cylinder and communicating therewith, a brake cylinder, a piston adapted to beactuated by a portion of the force actuating the piston in the engine cylinder and brake mechanism actuated by the brake piston, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a brake for automobiles, a series of motor engine valves connected to said motor, engines, a lever adapted to actnate the valves of the series of engines, a brake cylinder and a piston adapted to be actuated by a portion of the force actuating a series of engines, and means for admitting the gas into the brake cylinder and means for releasing the gas from the brake cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose specified.'

4f. In a brake for automobiles, an engine cylinder and a piston located therein, a valve connected to the compression chamber of the cylinder, a brake cylinder and a piston located therein, brake mechanism actuated by the piston in the brake cylinder and means for conveying the exploded gas from the compression chamber to the brake cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In an automobile brake, an engine cylinder and a brake cylinder, pistons located in said cylinders and the cyllnders communicating one with the other, a valve connecte'd to the engine cylinder and a valve connected to the brake cylinder and means whereby t-he valves are operatively connected together, a pressure valve located intermediate the piston cylinder and the brake cylinder, and a release valve connected to icathe brake cylinder and brake mechanism connected to the piston in the brake cylinder, substantially as and for 'the purpose specified. Y

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH H. REIFSNYDICR. Witnesses:

QI. A. lnrrnns, I". W. Bono. 

